I'll have number #11 Mark :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark
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I'll have number #11 Mark :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I'd prefer it if the teams got the numbers, not the drivers. Drivers are transient, teams are permanent (well, some of them are).
27 belongs the Ferrari damn it! If some pay driver in a Marussia gets that number I'm going to be mildly annoyed.
if Alonso is #27, he will take that number with him to McLaren 2015...
for Kimi #27 is OK, because Ferrari will be his last team.
I would hope that once a driver picks a number they will NOT be permitted to change it. I can imagine the likes of Vettel choosing a different number every year just because...
Not sure what you are getting at, I mean I really like Futurama, but when you look at sports franchises that retire #s the facts are a little less comical. Sticking with the Pittsburg Pirates they joined the National League in 1887 which they have been a member of continuously until the present. I believe that in the interim they have retired 7 players #s, which is barely one per generation. Hardly supports any point the cartoon was making, especially considering that sports competitors in that cartoon are exclusively droids. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by inimitablestoo
Yes, but Futurama is set 1000 years in the future, so the list of retired numbers would be quite high, allowing for the laws of comedic exaggeration of course ;)
Presumably associating the numbers with the drivers also means teams will be less prone to rotating driver line-ups now (not that they have much in recent seasons) because it'll mean repainting the car every time? ;)
Nico Rosberg choice:
#6 Kekeīs number in 82 when he won championship
FIA ask them three choice, so Nicos other choices are #5 and #9
Sergio Perez wants #11 (but Iīm ready to bet that he will not get it)
source: Autosport
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The regulation states: "Prior to the start of the 2014 World Championship season race numbers will be permanently allocated to drivers by ballot, such numbers must then be used by that driver during every Formula 1 championship event he takes part in throughout his career."[/quote]
Seems to confirm the number choice is permanent, this is good; no chopping and changing around!
They can choose to run #1 or not, interesting, but follows the practice of other motorsports.Quote:
"The only exception to this allocation process will be for the reigning world champion who will have the option to use the number one.
"The number that was previously allocated to him will be reserved for him in subsequent seasons if he does not retain the title of world champion."
Interesting! It's been a feature that since the numbering system was changed it coincided with numbers being less visible, so this is a good change too.Quote:
Drivers will now have to carry the race number not only on the front of the car in a way that must be "clearly visible" but also on their crash helmet for the first time.
I'm not so keen on the permanence of the number change but hey, a few years down the line that may change again, so who knows? After all, the likes of Lorenzo, Pedrosa and Edwards have all changed numbers in MotoGP despite the apparently inextricable linking of rider and number. Besides, the whole choosing a number idea has its roots in superstition, and if a driver feels his permanent number has brought him bad luck, he may want a new one. Either that or we see some devious means to get one: "Yes, my name is Nick O'Hulkenberg; no, not the German F1 driver, I'm a completely different Irish F1 driver, so I'd like a different number please".
Presumably there would be an exception if a driver left F1, the number was re-allocated and then the original driver returned while the number was still in use with its second driver.
Twitter:
Valtteri Bottas:
So, Itīs the #77 I have applied for! #17 as 2nd choice and #11 as 3rd choice.
#BO77AS
I read somewhere:
Massa #19
Perez #11
Vergne #25 #21 #27 -hope that he will not get #27
I think nobody will take #2, #13 or #69